Now much of the climate activist movement, including Al Gore, are rushing to social media to declare how “young and naive” they are.

Young and naive: GOP candidate says climate change ‘important’ after clash with teen

Candy Woodall, York Daily Record Published 12:51 p.m. ET July 28, 2018

Three words said by a Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania have started a national fight.

That fight largely began on social media, where a video of Scott Wagner calling an 18-year-old environmentalist “young and naive,” has been viewed and shared more than 5 million times. The fight has continued on social media with people across the country, including former Vice President Al Gore, saying they are proudly young and naive, too — if young and naive means believing in climate change and holding leaders accountable.

Today, that fight is hitting the streets and knocking on 1,000 doors during the Young and Naive Rally: Our Time to Rise at Acker Park in Exton, where John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and Gov. Tom Wolf’s running mate against Wagner, will be a guest speaker.

“Our goal is telling Scott Wagner we are a movement of people ready to fight back and take action on climate change,” said Rose Strauss, the 18-year-old woman Wagner called “young and naive” after she asked him a question during a town hall meeting earlier this month near Philadelphia.”We’re taking his ‘young and naive’ comment and turning it into a rallying cry.”

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OMG. 🤩. Star-struck, fanboy, moment- selfie with @rose_strauss at the Young and Naive event.